Managing The Perfectionist In You Research Paper

During the prewriting stage I write notes, and start my writing. I can do so many things with prewriting. During the writing stage, I read over what I have wrote and choose what I think works best in the essay. Of course some ideas from the prewriting just don’t work in my final piece, so I have to get rid of them. I also make my introduction as well as my conclusion at this stage. During the revising stage, I make my focus as if im going to be the reader. This is often hard for me because I have to look at my writing from a different perspective. I have to focus on the understanding, as well as the mechanical features of the text.

In The Watchers at the Gates Godwin’s watcher complains over the purpose of writing a full page without it being perfect. Godwin’s conscience is pushing for pushing for perfection on the first draft, however, she also knows that there will be more failed drafts until the writing comes to a final with absolute perfection. Writers need enough drive and inspiration to achieve their true potential without being discouraged.

Writing is always a struggle. You have to analyze texts, search for sources, write multiple rough drafts, check for spelling and grammar issues, cite your sources, and support your statements with facts. The list goes even longer, but this is just enough to make anybody stressed. Everyone can relate to the struggles of writing, and personally, I have fallen victim to many of these struggles. However, even though writing is very difficult, you can gain experience on how to write successfully.

Perfectionistic is Traya’s limiting style. The percentile score received for this style was 63. This style can cause stress because the perfectionist tends to feel as if they have to be more than they are. They also feel as though they have to prove themselves on a consistent basis. Perfectionists seldom have a true sense of accomplishment, because they feel that the end product of whatever task they are working on is never good enough. They also are startle themselves with how irritable and angry they can get. This style is a hindrance to Traya’s work atmosphere because she becomes easily irritated and can irritate others. If Traya could change one of the behaviors associated with being a perfectionist, it would be the tendency to become easily irritated. If this could be eliminated, this would help created a more pleasant atmosphere.

Get out of that comfort zone, try to use other ways of saying what was said in the first draft. By the second draft there should be a more defined structure and ideas are not just running wild but now have a purpose to be in the paper. Always consider a third draft, it is needed to pull in all the thoughts from the previous drafts and give it a more fluent and natural flow. Make the paper have a defined purpose and point in existing. By this draft, the paper is going to clear the thoughts for the reader’s better understanding on the paper’s purpose. A paper is always written for the reader’s understanding. The third drafts takes out all the long, unneeded ramblings and revives it into a much shorter and adds the precise wording. Stringing the ideas from the previous drafts and clearing it up. The more mature words should still be used as long as it suits the nature of the paper. Finally, if ready, it is time to write the final draft. It takes all the wanted information and by then all the information has been written down repeatedly that stringing the words along just happens fluently as if it were baroque music. The first content written should never be the final copy, following Anne Lamott’s style of writing can prevent any grade lower than a C on a writing

The Maker’s Eye written by Donald Murray is intended for any writer out there and people who want to improve their writing. He wrote the maker's eye to instruct writers on four of the five points of revision and editing. He tells his readers that the difference in attitude is the difference between amateur and professional. People must accept the criticism of others and be suspicious of that same criticism. Also if they must accept the appreciation of other people then they should be even more suspicious of their writing. Donald Murray explains that most writers

My sister wrote a book one year and encouraged me to do the same. Her book appeared to be written in perfect English, thus, created my competitive drive. I wrote a book from scratch and got to over ten thousand words! Sadly, I never finished that book because, at the time, putting that much effort into something scared me. Just two years ago, I wrote a book that was over thirty thousand words. This book took so many hours to edit; I didn’t think that finishing was even possible. I had to be able to find mistakes I did not recognize the first, second, or the third time. This experience showed that critiquing yourself is an “uphill battle”. My writing became fluid and this book was packed with insights about various controversial topics! As a result, I was able to write more essays with ease, plus get better grades. My commitment to go through writing assignments slowly made writing and reading almost second

The Act of Writing: One Man’s Method Is there one specific method to writing? A secret formula to the perfect essay, speech, stories? Do all professional writers have their hands on this special formula or were they just born with the talent to write perfect sentences, paragraphs, essays, books? Is there a special way to edit your writing to make it perfect? I ask myself everyday, what is that formula?

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Anne Lamott, a famous novelist, admits that most writers do not sit down every day with the intention of writing a masterpiece on their first try. In Lamott’s article, “ Shitty First Drafts” she tells her audience the reality of a writer's life. “ In fact, the only way I can get anything

Writing can be time consuming and each author must be passionate in their piece. Vetter explains, “The truth is that writing is a blood sport […] which is why those who are any good at it look older than their contemporaries, snap at children on the street, live alone.” Becoming a good writer takes persistence and patience. As an individual

Prior to taking this class, I would always just complete the number of drafts that my teachers would request. I would simply make the small grammatical edit and not worry too much about the argument or how my prose sounded. Tons of useless filler sentences and unnecessary words filled my papers. That said, no one is ever going to make a perfect paper because writing is not about being perfect. It is an ongoing quest for persistent development of your work and this was crucial for me to realize. I would always assume that my work did not need numerous edits or copious amounts of revision. Looking back, I am not sure if this was because I secretly feared having to correct myself so I deliberately ignored digging through all of the flaws, or that I believed my writing quality would be just sufficient to reach my desired grade. I think the more realistic answer is the former. This semester has encouraged me to break down the stigma around needing to write a perfect paper. It is not happening. Once I came to this conclusion, my reservations about truly analyzing my papers melted away slowly. This testament to the continual process that is writing, though initially tough to deal with, will surely make my writing better and more

Nobody, except one person, can write a perfect first draft according to Anne Lamott. Lamott starts off the paper by say that all writers even the pros write bad first drafts. She describes the struggle that writers have in writing a paper and how it just doesn’t just come to them so easily. She gives a good example of a fantasy that

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